Morning Brief

Research at BRUR boosts five times in 6yrs

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) is increasingly getting richer, with more and more teachers and students contributing to research works in the past few years. 

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Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur Dhaka Tribune

What are terms set by the IMF?

Although the government has not yet released the terms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan and tranches clause, it was confirmed earlier in November last year that both parties reached a staff-level agreement.

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Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

‘Living conditions at Rohingya camps need to improve'

Claudio Miglietta, Bangladesh country director of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), recently spoke to Dhaka Tribune Staff Reporter Nawaz Farhin Antara about medical issues at the Rohingya camps, including mental health, trauma, violence, and the role of international communities.

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Claudio Miglietta, Bangladesh country director of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Dhaka Tribune

By-polls: Awami League wins Bogra Sadar seat first time since 1973

By-elections to six constituencies ended without any major untoward incident on Wednesday, but voter turnout was very thin, according to Election Commission officials.

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Voters in a line to vote Focus Bangla

Adani abandons $2.5bn share sale in big setback to Indian tycoon

Gautam Adani's flagship firm called off its $2.5 billion share sale in a dramatic reversal on Wednesday as a rout sparked by a US short-seller's criticisms wiped billions more off the value of the Indian tycoon's stocks.

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The logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of one of its buildings on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, April 13, 2021 Reuters

Is Bangladesh getting tired of hosting Rohingya refugees?

In 2017, Bangladesh welcomed fellow Muslims from Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state to the southern coastal community of Cox's Bazar with open arms, food and shelter.

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Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they get interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Nov 9, 2017 Reuters

Shedding light on Hathurusingha's Bangladesh return

Widespread discussions were doing the rounds in the Bangladesh cricket fraternity regarding the identity of the next national team head coach.

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Chandika Hathurusingha Dhaka Tribune

Lahore 1966, Lahore 1974 … and in between

February and history are inextricably linked in Bangladesh. 

Decades ago in Lahore, in February 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- political heir of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, general secretary of the Awami League, former minister and lawmaker, and rising Bengali nationalist leader -- made public his Six-Point program for regional autonomy for the federating units of Pakistan.

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